Removal requests from July to December 2015

Compliance rates in July to December 2015

Google’s compliance rate for requests which include a court order:
49%

Note that frequently court orders included with requests do not compel Google
to take any action. Rather, they often result from a dispute with a third party
and are submitted by the requesting user as evidence to support their claim
that we should remove the content.

Google’s compliance rate for requests from government agencies or law
enforcement: 72%

Reasons for removals in July to December 2015

Reason

%

Total Removal Requests

Defamation

66%

316

Other

16%

78

Privacy and Security

9%

45

Copyright

2%

10

Trademark

2%

10

Bullying/Harassment

1%

7

Reason Unspecified

1%

6

Impersonation

1%

3

Obscenity/Nudity

1%

3

Fraud

0%

2

Breakdown of all of the requests we received during the reporting period.